The Lucerne Lion Monument of Bertel Thorvaldsen and ‘A Song of Liberty’ Poem of William Blake

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The Lucerne Lion Monument of Bertel Thorvaldsen and ‘A Song of Liberty’ Poem of William Blake

Yazarlar:

Çağlayan Hergül

Yayıncı:

İstanbul Gelisim University

Ana Başlıklar:

Görsel Kültür | Kültürel ve Doğal Miras | Sanat Tarihi

Dergi:

ART/icle: Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.350-375

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

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2001338550

pISSN:

2718-1057

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 The Purpose of the Study: Lucerne City, a canton of Switzerland, shelters the famous Lion Monument the Lucerne Lion which represents Swiss Guards who lost their lives while defending the Monarchy during The French Revolution. On the other hand, William Blake, who lived during the French Revolution period and wrote poems on the revolution, wrote the lines Empire is no more! And now the lion and wolf shall cease in his poem A Song of Liberty. The main idea of this article is to expose the intuitive connection between the Lucerne Lion and the lion metaphor in William Blakes verse. Method: The reference works of this article have consisted of art history, history, and literature. Historical information and visual materials, which are related to the topic of the article, were obtained from local researchers of Lucerne and official web pages of various facilities and museums in Switzerland, France, Italy, and Norway. Results: It is deduced that the Metaphorical expression of the lion theme in both the sculpture and the poem in the article by illuminating visual and written sources. Within this direction of these facts, an intertextuality is evaluated between the Lion Monument and the A Song of Liberty poem. Conclusion: The historical steps during the consisting of this sculpture express the collective formation stages of a monument from the perspective of art history. Individuals and mass facts have carried today the Lucerne Lion, an artifact of this collective memory. The Song of Liberty poem written by Willam Blake against the monarchy in the French Revolution matches the metaphoric content of Lucerne Lion. In the direction of these detections, these two works were reviewed in the historical, visual, and text contexts, thus the intuitional connection was exposed between them.

 The Purpose of the Study: Lucerne City, a canton of Switzerland, shelters the famous Lion Monument the Lucerne Lion which represents Swiss Guards who lost their lives while defending the Monarchy during The French Revolution. On the other hand, William Blake, who lived during the French Revolution period and wrote poems on the revolution, wrote the lines Empire is no more! And now the lion and wolf shall cease in his poem A Song of Liberty. The main idea of this article is to expose the intuitive connection between the Lucerne Lion and the lion metaphor in William Blakes verse. Method: The reference works of this article have consisted of art history, history, and literature. Historical information and visual materials, which are related to the topic of the article, were obtained from local researchers of Lucerne and official web pages of various facilities and museums in Switzerland, France, Italy, and Norway. Results: It is deduced that the Metaphorical expression of the lion theme in both the sculpture and the poem in the article by illuminating visual and written sources. Within this direction of these facts, an intertextuality is evaluated between the Lion Monument and the A Song of Liberty poem. Conclusion: The historical steps during the consisting of this sculpture express the collective formation stages of a monument from the perspective of art history. Individuals and mass facts have carried today the Lucerne Lion, an artifact of this collective memory. The Song of Liberty poem written by Willam Blake against the monarchy in the French Revolution matches the metaphoric content of Lucerne Lion. In the direction of these detections, these two works were reviewed in the historical, visual, and text contexts, thus the intuitional connection was exposed between them.

 The Purpose of the Study: Lucerne City, a canton of Switzerland, shelters the famous Lion Monument the Lucerne Lion which represents Swiss Guards who lost their lives while defending the Monarchy during The French Revolution. On the other hand, William Blake, who lived during the French Revolution period and wrote poems on the revolution, wrote the lines Empire is no more! And now the lion and wolf shall cease in his poem A Song of Liberty. The main idea of this article is to expose the intuitive connection between the Lucerne Lion and the lion metaphor in William Blakes verse. Method: The reference works of this article have consisted of art history, history, and literature. Historical information and visual materials, which are related to the topic of the article, were obtained from local researchers of Lucerne and official web pages of various facilities and museums in Switzerland, France, Italy, and Norway. Results: It is deduced that the Metaphorical expression of the lion theme in both the sculpture and the poem in the article by illuminating visual and written sources. Within this direction of these facts, an intertextuality is evaluated between the Lion Monument and the A Song of Liberty poem. Conclusion: The historical steps during the consisting of this sculpture express the collective formation stages of a monument from the perspective of art history. Individuals and mass facts have carried today the Lucerne Lion, an artifact of this collective memory. The Song of Liberty poem written by Willam Blake against the monarchy in the French Revolution matches the metaphoric content of Lucerne Lion. In the direction of these detections, these two works were reviewed in the historical, visual, and text contexts, thus the intuitional connection was exposed between them.

 Amaç: İsviçrenin bir kantonu olan Luzern şehri, Fransız İhtilali sırasında monarşiyi savunmak üzere hayatlarını kaybeden İsviçreli muhafızları temsil eden meşhur Aslan Heykelini Luzern Aslanı barındırmaktadır. Diğer yandan, İhtilalin meydana geldiği dönemde yaşayan ve Fransız ihtilali üzerine şiirler yazan William Blake, Özgürlük Şarkısı şiirinde dile getirdiği slogan niteliğindeki İmparatorluk yok artık! Şimdi aslanla kurt çekip gidecek mısrasını almıştır. Luzern Aslanı ve William Blakein mısrasındaki Aslan metaforu arasındaki sezgisel bağı ortaya çıkartmak bu makalenin hazırlanmasındaki temel fikirdir. Yöntem: Makalenin literatür çalışması sanat tarihi, tarih ve edebiyat alanlarında yapılmıştır. Konu ile ilgili tarihi bilgiler ve görseller Luzerndeki yerel araştırmacılar, İsviçre, Fransa, İtalya ve Norveçte bulunan çeşitli kurumlar ile müzelerin resmi web sayfalarından elde edilmiştir. Bulgular: Makaledeki görsel ve yazılı kaynakların doğrultusunda aslan temasının heykel ve şiirdeki metaforik anlatımı ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Bu bulgular çerçevesinde iki eserin metinler arası ilişkisi değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç: Heykelin meydana gelmesindeki tarihi adımlar sanat tarihi bakımından bir eserin kollektif oluşum saflarını anlatmaktadır. Fransız İhtilalinin olduğu dönemde monarşiye karşı William Blakein yazdığı Özgülürk Şarkısı şiiri Luzern Aslanının metaforik içeriğiyle örtüşmektedir. Bu tespitler doğrultusunda her iki eser tarih, görsel ve metin bağlamında ele alınmış, böylelikle aralarındaki sezgisel bağ ortaya konmuştur.

Makale detayları

The Lucerne Lion Monument of Bertel Thorvaldsen and ‘A Song of Liberty’ Poem of William Blake

Yazarlar:

Çağlayan Hergül

Yayıncı:

İstanbul Gelisim University

Ana Başlıklar:

Görsel Kültür | Kültürel ve Doğal Miras | Sanat Tarihi

Dergi:

ART/icle: Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.350-375

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001338550

pISSN:

2718-1057

Lucerne Lion

Swiss Guards

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Willam Blake

Karl Pfyffer von AltishofenLuzern Aslanı

İsviçreli Muhafızlar

Bertel Thorvaldsen

William Blake

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Çağlayan Hergül

Yayıncı: İstanbul Gelisim University

Ana Başlıklar: Görsel Kültür | Kültürel ve Doğal Miras | Sanat Tarihi

Dergi: ART/icle: Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.350-375

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001338550

pISSN: 2718-1057

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Çağlayan Hergül

Yayıncı:

İstanbul Gelisim University

Ana Başlıklar:

Görsel Kültür | Kültürel ve Doğal Miras | Sanat Tarihi

Dergi:

ART/icle: Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 3, pp.350-375

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001338550

pISSN:

2718-1057